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    1:48 ICM Ki-21 I-b "Sally

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    Great review Fran.  
     

    Two things I noticed when playing with my kit a few weeks ago that are worth mentioning in addition…

    An area that immediately worries me is how the landing gear connects to the wing spar. Two tiny pins are the only points that really hold the weight of the model- and I do mean tiny. The diagonal arm connecting from the back of the wheel well to the axle will make getting the alignment very easy, but it won’t add any strength where it counts. In fairness there are some small diagonal parts I did not glue in, but as they’re also very small and not connecting directly where it matters, I don’t believe they will help to add any significant strength either. Short of the gear legs being redone in wire or cast metal, it looks like the easiest fix will be to use scrap plastic to make shims between the strut assembly and the nacelle “roof”.  It’s not a deal breaker and I’m still delighted to have this model in 1/48, but it is a detail worth considering before you start the build. 

    I had to look back over my Japanese references to check the interior color, remembering that the Japanese army and navy loved to use different paints for pretty much everything. A detail I had forgotten was that many army aircraft in the late 30s and into the early 40s had a dark blue-gray interior for all crew areas. None of that nice bamboo green that you’d see in a Betty, no - and ICM got their colour callout pretty close to right. 
     

    MRP # 417 (Hai Ran Shoku) is the right color to use for the interior of the whole fuselage, or anything matching this in your preferred paint.  It’s gonna be a black hole of boring to look at inside all those windows! 🤣

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    P2V Neptune

    in Modelling Discussion

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    51 minutes ago, HubertB said:

    I don’t want to sound pessimistic, but they’d probably install some P&W Wasps as pusher engines, for for the sake of « gizmologic accuracy »

    Hubert

    Is build that if they did, and have a bit of fun with markings

    LSM Modelling News 2023 merged Fran and Artful69’s threads

    in Modelling Discussion

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    ZM’s Fw-190A (A-4 I think) should be out this year also.

    ICM has the B-26B Marauder coming in 1/48 in late 2023 along with a 1/32 HS-123. The 1/48 Ki-21 is slated for a Q4 release as well, that one was announced a year or two ago. 

    Airfix confirmed the Gannet in 1/48 but nothing new in larger scales sadly. 

    Announced recently (no idea if 2023 release)

    Italeri 1/32 Macchi 202

    Mini Art 1/48 P-47D in three variants

    A new (new to me, at least) company called Triglav has a 1/35 resin Bayraktar TB-2 in development

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